Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of Illich 's ideas were developed in the Third World as a political response to the economic impossibility of universal ‘ Western education ’ . |
| 2 | Most of the patients were referred for investigation to the Department of Gastroenterology of Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital , and the remainder were seen at the Third Department of Internal Medicine , Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the models of chemistry remained rather imperfect , and substantial advances in understanding them were made in the third quarter of the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Many of the films , priced at £12 to £90 , were made in the Third World . |
| 5 | That is why we need history presented as it is in this book : not just as the brief flicker of time since the industrial revolution or since the invention of writing , but as the 40,000 years of modern thought and language , and the sweep of six million years since we were born as the third chimpanzee . |
| 6 | The research students ' grants were ending at different points in the year , but were concentrated In the third quarter of 1984 . |
| 7 | When the words were spoken for the third time , however , the divorce was irrevocable . |
| 8 | For example , Uruguay were put in the third pool to avoid a possible conflict of South American interests with Colombia . |
| 9 | For example , Uruguay were put in the third pool to avoid a possible conflict of South American interests with Colombia . |
| 10 | ‘ However , what upsets me is that I have heard unconfirmed rumours that some of the riders were threatening to pull out if I were put in the third row of the grid as was at first planned . |
| 11 | He conceded 12lb and paid the penalty when he was stopped in the third round . |
| 12 | Fellow countryman Luis Mendoza got away with a draw — but in the return Palacio was halted in the third round . |
| 13 | The launch of the space shuttle Columbia was delayed for the third time since May following the discovery of a fuel leak near its engines . |
| 14 | Among the three patients with T0N0M0 staging , two had no endoscopic recurrence after 10 months , and an intraepithelial recurrence was diagnosed in the third after 7.5 months . |
| 15 | The organic textbook market of the 1970s was dominated by the third edition of Robert Robert Boyd 's Organic Chemistry ( Allyn & Bacon , 1st ed 1959 ) . |
| 16 | The house was built between the third and fourth centuries and was located less than three feet underground . |
| 17 | The same position was reflected in the third recital in the Preamble to Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 101/76 of 19 January 1976 laying down a common structural policy for the fishing industry ( Official Journal 1976 No . |
| 18 | Then he took two detectives to the Queenshill Bridge over the river Severn , Shrewsbury Crown Court was told on the third day of the trial . |
| 19 | As the apostle John was told by the third angel who described the pressure of crises on faith , during his vision recounted in the book of Revelation , ‘ This is where the fortitude of God 's people has its place — in keeping God 's commands and remaining loyal to Jesus . ’ |
| 20 | Another round of amplification was performed with the third internal nested primer , OB10 ( 5' AGAAGAGAATCAACTGCC 3' ) with Ri ( 5' GACATCGATAATACGAC 3' — complementary to T 57 ) . |
| 21 | Edward was born on the third of March , and the advent of spring is a constant theme , and symbol of renewal , in everything he has written . |
| 22 | And erm I think he died if I remember rightly , he died on the erm twenty fifth of January and my other brother was born on the third of |
| 23 | St Paul in an embryonic creed in I Corinthians , says Christ died for sinners and was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures ( meaning the O.T. ) . |
| 24 | Consensus was reached with the third and current criterion : that each solicitor must have ‘ substantial criminal experience . ’ |
| 25 | The forework was reconstructed by the third Marquess in 1900 . |
| 26 | Despite the fact that David was expelled in the third form for dissing the gym teacher who confiscated his Uzi and broke his crack-peddling ring , he still feels enough loyalty to the old alma mater not to drag its name through the mud by engaging the lads he fagged for in a ‘ naughty-word ’ style debate . |
| 27 | Often this will only be the recovery of an insurance excess where the accident was caused by the third party . |
| 28 | A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum , and routinely processed for histological examination . |
| 29 | The first reading , formed from passages in the Old Testament , focused on a theme found in a passage from the Gospels that was expressed in the third reading . |
| 30 | The effect of gastric perfusion with 50% ethanol in vehicle and capsaicin pretreated rats anaesthetised with phenobarbital was studied in the third set of experiments . |